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Since 2015 the NHS has asked that each practice updates patients records to ensure you have a named accountable/usual GP. We have done this. This does not prevent you from seeing any GP. If you would like to know who your accountable/usual GP is, please ask when next in surgery.

Nurse Practitioners

Rachel gives same day health advice/treatment for non-emergency health needs. She is an independent prescribing clinician who can refer, order blood tests, scans, x-rays and prepare Fit Notes.

Ian Farnsworth (m)

Ian gives same day health advice/treatment for non-emergency health needs. He is an independent prescribing clinician who can refer, order blood tests, scans, x-rays and prepare Fit Notes.

Emily Feely (f)

Emily is a prescribing Advanced Nurse who will support same day needs, long term conditions management, medication reviews and is the diabetes lead nurse.

Specialist Nurses

Mrs Judy Derry (f)

Judy Derry supports patients in their home and in clinic for those requiring specialist health care input helping to keep our patients out of hospital.

Debbie Terry (f)

Debbie is an independent prescriber who helps patients with respiratory problems. Debbie will help with care plans, medication reviews and management plans for all our respiratory patients.

Nurses

Jo Cooper (f)

Practice nurses are qualified and registered nurses. They can help with health issues such as family planning, healthy living advice, blood pressure checks and dressings. The practice nurses run clinics for long-term health conditions such as asthma or diabetes, minor ailment clinics and carry out cervical smears.

Healthcare Assistants

Carol Carleton

Jenny Waite (f)

Healthcare assistants support practice nurses with their daily work and carry out tasks such as phlebotomy (drawing blood), blood pressure measurement and new patient checks. They may act as a chaperone when a patient or doctor requests one.

Practice Management

Julie Reid Practice Manager and Executive Partner

The practice manager is involved in managing all of the business aspects of the practice such as making sure that the right systems are in place to provide a high quality of patient care, human resources, finance, patient safety, premises and equipment and information technology. The practice manager supports the GPs and other medical professionals with delivering patient services and also helps to develop extended services to enhance patient care.

Administration

A team of Administrators support patients in the absence of the Practice Manager and deal with the day to day administration of the practice. A team of Secretaries process referrals to hospital and help with booking a hospital appointment on the e-Referral system (formerly Choose & Book).

Reception

Patient Care Advisers provide an important link for patients with the practice and are your initial contact point for general enquiries. They can provide basic information on services and results and direct you to the right person depending on your health issue or query. Patient Care Advisers make most of the patient appointments with the GPs and nurses. They also perform other important tasks such as issuing repeat prescriptions and dealing with prescription enquiries, dealing with financial claims, dealing with patient records and carrying out searches and practice audits.

Pharmacists

Julia Prenter Superintendent Pharmacist

Community Midwives

The midwife cares for women throughout pregnancy and after the baby is born.

Attached Staff

Physiotherapy - A physiotherapist sees patients at the surgery by referral from the doctors.

Counsellor - A counsellor sees patients at the surgery by referral from the doctors.

Podiatrist - A podiatrist offers treatment to patients at the surgery by referral from the doctor.

Audiologist - An audiologist offers hearing tests at the surgery, by referral from a doctor for an NHS appointment, or privately.